The Board has determined that the veteran's service-connected chronic nonsuppurative otitis media with defective hearing does not warrant a compensable disability rating.
The deciding factor: The veteran's bilateral hearing loss is currently evaluated as noncompensably disabling under Diagnostic Code 6100, and his service-connected chronic nonsuppurative otitis media with defective hearing is rated based on the severity of his hearing impairment. The Board finds that the preponderance of the evidence does not support a compensable rating.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic nonsuppurative otitis media, Bilateral defective hearing
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 11, 2006
- Citation
- 0600825
What this means for you
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What you can do next
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